On Tuesday 11 April 2006 20:59, BJD Electric Ltd. wrote: > In my current document - I typed the following: > > lfkdfdf ldflfeiu lfkdjfelfj > > then, I requested spellcheck to search the entire document. It found NO > spelling errors. I checked the Tools - options - Language Setting - > Languages. The User Interface is English (USA) (only other option is > default) and the Locale Setting is English (Canada). (changing to English > (USA) makes no difference). > > Going to the next setting - Writing Aids there is a check mark beside the > OpenOffice.org Hunspell SpellChecker, ALTLinux LibHnj Hyphenator and the > OpenOffice.org New Thesaurus. Using the Edit button - it appears that all > are set for English (US). > > I also went under Format - Character - Font and saw that the Language > setting is English (Canada). > > I no longer seem to have spellcheck or a thesaurus operational with this > program. What do I need to do - download the program again or is there a > simple fix??
But what language do your styles say is active? Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
